Re: OT: Mail archives

Oct 13, 2024 0 Replies


Lawyer asked me to dig up some email correspondence from


> ~20 years back.  Of course, any MUA under windows -- in
> that era -- likely stored mail in a proprietary format.
>
> In my case, OE used dbx files which are tedious, at best,
> to parse with a hex editor.  :<
>
>
formatting link
seems to do the trick
> (though the UI is a bit cumbersome).
>
> I'll have to poke around their site to see if there are other
> useful "goodies"...

The best way to export/import mail from/to different mail clients, is:


- the source mails need to be on a MUA that supports IMAP. - copy the mail to a folder on any IMAP server available (it can be local to you, not internet). - on destination machine, copy the mail from the imap server to wherever you want it.


No need for translation or special import/export functions. Caveat: both originator and destinator softwares need to support IMAP, and you need an intermediate IMAP server.

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